That's not Miami Vice, it's Straight Outta Compton

Our friends over at Esquire say that Straight Outta Compton, the new N.W.A. biopic directed by F. Gary Gray, may be the next great music movie. Based on the very R-rated theatrical trailer that hit the Internet today, I'm inclined to agree.

Straight Outta Compton is unquestionably one of the most important rap albums of all time. No, so-called "gangsta" rap wasn't necessarily new—Ice-T had already been telling hardcore street stories, for example.

But N.W.A.'s Straight Outta Compton—controversial,engrossing, and excellent—changed the game and brought the genre into the mainstream, where it found a receptive audience that extended well beyond the inner city.

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Director F. Gary Gray, whose body of work includes the entertaining modern remake of The Italian Job, captures the film's late '80s/early '90s era perfectly, right down to the cars.

In addition to the Testarossa you see above, the trailer flashes a W140 S-Class and more than one example of the all-important '64 Chevy Impala.

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There's even some modern automotive product placement tossed in as well. The introduction by Dr. Dre and Ice Cube puts the duo in a 2015 Chrysler 300S. Why the Chrysler? Well, the 300S comes with a BeatsAudio system as standard equipment—another reminder of just how successful some of these guys have become in the 27 years since Straight Outta Compton exploded onto the scene.

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